Chapter 1048 We need support!



“…”

“…”

Shepard and the larva looked into each other's eyes, neither speaking for a moment.

What is this? Why did Fang Zheng give this to me?

Shepard couldn't figure it out. She remembered very clearly that Fang Zheng had told her to open the box if she encountered any difficulties. Shepard originally thought that there would be some secret weapon or something in it, but... what is this?

If she were an ordinary woman, she would probably scream out loud just by seeing the larvae in front of her, but Shepard is a tough female warrior who has experienced many battles. She has seen all the most disgusting things in the universe, so this bug is naturally nothing to her, but... how to deal with this thing?

"commander!"

Just when Shepard was puzzled, Kaiden's voice suddenly came from outside the door. Hearing the shouts of her subordinates, Shepard shook her head and put her doubts aside. Then she picked up the lid and closed the box again. Then she stood up with the box and opened the door. Outside the door, Kaiden was looking at her nervously.

"Are you alright, Commander?"

"I'm fine, get ready, let's go."

At this point, Shepard threw the box in his hand to Kaiden.

"Here, hold this thing."

"What's this?"

“Birthday cake!”

In response to Caden's question, Shepard rolled his eyes in annoyance, then picked up his gun and strode outside. Caden was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly followed with the box in his hand.

"You are amazing, Commander. How did you know that today is my birthday..."

The battle continues.

After Shepard and his crew left the wreckage of the Normandy, they immediately moved to the nearest command center, but the Reapers were obviously well prepared. Their first wave of attack directly destroyed all the important facilities and buildings of the Alliance, so that Shepard could not contact other troops at all. Fortunately, she was also famous as the Ghost of the Citadel, and she had gathered a lot of remnants along the way. Finally, she found a place to settle down before dark.

but……

"It's just a nightmare."

Looking at the burning city outside, Anderson sighed exhaustedly. He had hoped that Shepard could leave the Earth and seek reinforcements elsewhere. But he did not expect that Shepard's Normandy was also shot down. This was terrible. The Normandy was the most advanced warship built by the Star Alliance and the Turians. Even this warship was destroyed by the Reapers. Then where could the Star Alliance find another warship?

By the way, are there any usable warships on Earth now?

"They attacked the Star Alliance headquarters, the command post, and even the fleet command. Like you said, Shepard, these monsters came prepared. To be honest, I wanted you to seek support, but..."

Looking at the scene outside the window, Anderson shook his head helplessly, while Shepard, who was standing beside him, frowned, then hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Lieutenant General Anderson, actually, I have something I want to report to you."

"What's up?"

"Do you remember that you once asked me to give an order to investigate the mysterious force that came out of the Wandering Galaxy?"

"Oh...you mean Tiandao Palace...of course I know about this matter, what's the matter?"

Anderson was certainly not unfamiliar with this. After all, it was extremely rare to have a force that could make the Citadel Council speechless and suffer a loss. Although Anderson was currently also a member of the Citadel Council, he was also secretly happy deep down in his heart.

"It's like this. I was leading them to the Citadel according to the order of the Council. But because of what happened on the way, I separated from them after solving the trouble with the Geth. Just now, I suddenly remembered that they gave me a gift before leaving, saying that I could use it when I needed help."

"Oh? Is there such a thing?"

Hearing this, Anderson immediately perked up.

"What is it? Is it some kind of weapon?"

“…This is it.”

"…What is this?"

Anderson was also confused as he looked at the larva peeking out of the box in Shepard's hand.

"I don't know either. Judging from its appearance, it should be a bug..."

"So? This is the gift the other person gave you? They're not trying to make fun of you, are they?"

"I don't think so..."

At this point, Shepard was actually a little undecided, but at the moment they really had no choice but to give it a try.

"So, how do you use this thing? You're not supposed to eat it, are you?"

“…No way…”

Looking at the larvae coiled in the box in front of him, Shepard's hair stood on end. How to eat this thing? Roast it?

"Are you going to use it?"

"I want to give it a try, but General Anderson... I'm not sure if he's willing to help..."

Even though Shepard was not a politician, she understood that this was not a simple fight between two people based on brotherhood, where they could say "Brother, I'm going to avenge you" and take revenge. This was a problem between two camps. In other words, even if the Tiandao Palace was willing to assist, the Star Alliance would probably need to offer enough benefits to make the other party agree.

But Shepard does not have such authority. No matter how powerful she is, she is just a Citadel ghost and is not qualified to make such a decision.

In fact, Anderson didn't either, he was only a lieutenant general after all.

As for those who were qualified... well, unfortunately, they were all wiped out by the Reapers just now.

“…Let’s give it a try.”

Anderson hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth.

"I will bear all the responsibilities. As you said, if this continues, humanity will be completely destroyed. In the face of this crisis, everything else is secondary. Now, we can only hope that the conditions proposed by the Tiandao Palace are not too excessive..."

Having said that, Anderson looked again at the larva in the box in front of him.

"So, how do you use this thing?"

“…”

Well, the problem is back to square one.

"Should we let it out... and give it a try?"

Shepard was a little undecided, but based on her understanding of Fang Zheng, this thing he gave her should not be for eating. So she also turned over the box and placed the larva on the ground.

"Pah."

The larva fell to the ground with a plop, and then began to move slowly like a snail. Sheppard and Anderson watched the larva slowly crawl along the ruins to a garden not far away. Then they saw a purple thing, like some strange moss, gradually spreading from the larva's body. The next moment, the larva curled up into a ball, and then a layer of thin film covered it, and gradually turned into an... egg?

“…”

What is this operation?

The two continued to be confused as they watched the "egg" that was growing bigger and bigger like a ball. However, just as Shepard was about to go forward and use the multi-tool to scan it, they heard the egg suddenly shatter with a "pop" sound, and then a flat monster that looked like some kind of insect emerged from it. It looked about the same size as a person, with things like bat wings on both sides of its body, and scorpion-like pincers in front...

"I say, are you sure the other party is not going to cause trouble for you?"

Anderson was also a little uneasy at this moment. After all, the monster in front of him didn't look like a good thing...

“I don’t think so…”

Shepard's tone was not so sure at this moment, but what else could she do? She could only watch.

Not only that, Shepard also discovered that as the strange insect moved, the strange moss under its body seemed to be slowly spreading...

Then Shepard saw the strange bug suddenly grow larger, and then turned into a huge tumor, covering almost half of the garden!

"…What should we do now?"

As he spoke, Anderson took out his gun and aimed at the squirming tumor. Well, you can't blame Anderson for being sensitive. After all, the appearance of the insect swarm is...

I understand. I understand.

"No, let's wait and see. I don't think Fang Zheng would lie to me..."

“Da da da!!!”

Just as Shepard was trying to stop Anderson, suddenly, a series of gunshots rang out, followed by shouting from outside.

"Enemy attack! It's a corpse puppet!!"

Hearing this, the two looked at each other, turned around and rushed out.

But no one noticed that in the garden, this "tumor" was getting bigger and bigger...


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